The Surf Doesn't Do All the Roaring P. U. Alley and C. W. Dobson Go to Court a Little Cronulla Storm
Truth · Sunday 29 May 1927 · page 17
CRONULLA allotment-agents and subdivision salesmen never were the sort to let the grass grow under their feet, but one of them caused a stir lately when, fired by business enthusiasm, he stoushed a rival who was once his partner, in the vestibule of the local School of Arts…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Thrilling Story of Sea's Fury Steamer's Fight with Storm Hatimura, Battered and Leaking, Limps Back to Port Several Feet of Water in Hold
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 May 1927 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- After a terrific fight against a fierce storm raging off the south coast of Victoria, the B.I. steamer Hatimura returned, to Port Melbourne to-day, leaking, and with a heavy list…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Towns and Countryside Inundated in Disastrous American Floods -- Inter-'varsity Football Czechs v. N.S.W.
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 May 1927 · page 18
BEADY FOR MECHANICAL HARE.--Hounds ready for the first coursing with mechanical hares at Epping. The first "electric coursing" meeting was held last night. AMERICA'S GREAT FLOOD DISASTERS.--When the flood waters of the Mississippi broke their banks and spread death and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Villagers in Panic Caught in Flood Waters Mad Rush for Safety New Orleans
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 May 1927 · page 4
Residents of New Iberia, on the east bank of the Bayou Teche. who up to this time had, scorned the thought of the flood waters reaching their hamlet,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Buffeted by Gale Makambo Delayed
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 13
The Burns, Phlip liner Makambo ran into a violent westerly gale on the trip from Lord Howe Island, which retarded her progress. She entered port early yesterday, 24 hours late, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →700,000 Stricken by Flood Terror Hoover Takes Action to Raise Millions New York
Evening News · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 1
THE Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Hoover, in an appeal to the nation for an additional £2,000,000 for the relief of [?] rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mississippi Floods. New Orleans Safe. New York, May 27
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 11
A message from New Orleans states that residents of New Iberia, on the east bank of the Bayou Teche, who up this time had scorned the thought that the flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wangaratta. Breakdown in Gale
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 9
Laden with general cargo from Liverpool the steamer Wangaratta, of the British-India line, which arrived at Sydney yesterday, also had an eventful voyage in the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm-battered Vessels Days Overdue Melbourne
The Sun · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 11
So heavy were the gales last week that vessels are still straggling into port, days overdue. The ketch S.M.H.T., dut at Little…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Annihilated by Cyclone Island Villages South Seas Swept Tokio
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 1
JAPANESE navel commanders in the Caroline and Marianne Islands report that a disastrous cyclone swept the South Seas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S.A. Floods Relief Director Dies in Plane Crash Baton Rouge (Louisiana)
Evening News · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 9
EARL KILPATRICK, superintendent of the [?]tration work being carried out by the Red Cross in the flooded areas, was killed in an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flooded Austn. Market German Fittings "Beating Tariff Bd."
The Sun · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 11
"The flooding of the Australian market with German and other Continental fittings is defeating the efforts of the Tariff Board and Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Toll of American Floods Seven Hundred Thousand are Destitute an Appeal to Nation New York
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 5
A message from New Orleans stages that Mr. Hoover (Secretary for Commerce) in an appeal to the nation for an additional 2,000,000 dollars for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mississippi. Floods Subsiding. Relief of Victims. New York, May 29
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 9
The Secretary of Commerce (Mr. H. C. Hoover) who is in charge of Mississippi flood relief, to-day issued an appeal to the nation for an additional 2,000,000 dollars. He…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heavy Rain Affects Tasmanian, R.C.'s Meeting
Referee · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 17
ONE of the worst days experienced for very long time—heavy rains, with Arctic winds—considerably affected the May meeting of the Tasmanian Racing Club, at Elwick on…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Any Coat in a Storm
Evening News · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 12
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Continued on Trove, page 12 →Your Chance Practical Thanks Victims of the Storm
The Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 6
If you have ever felt grateful for being alive, of for health or happiness or security in the world, here is a chance for thanks giving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Fatal Storms in United States At Least Twelve Killed; Many Missing VANCOUVER
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 5
A message from Bristol, Virginia, states that a series of terrific storms swept sections of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia early on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Empire Day—Historic Homestead—Queensland Floods
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 12
The celebration, of Empire Day in Sydney was, as usual, marked by great enthusiasm. There were numerous gatherings in city and country, and at all of them loyal sentiments wore warmly expressed. Our picture shows the scene at Queen's-square, where the principal city demonstration took place. Mr. W. Scott Fell (president of the British Empire Union)…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Many Killed Cyclone in Holland Towns Devastated London
The Sun · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 1
A cyclone of unprecedented violence has devastated several towns in Eastern Holland. Many people were killed, and many…
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